$110,000 DSBF Finals at Harrington

HARRINGTON, DE – A quartet of $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund Finals for 2-year-olds will headline a big week (October 9-11) of harness racing at Harrington Raceway.

The action starts tonight (post time 4:30 p.m.) as the male pacing colts will compete in the first final of the week. Badlands Hanover (3) is the only sire with multiple horses in the final, with P T Stable’s Beat Cop (3/1, Tim Tetrick) and Stephen Messick’s Papas Son (2/1, Art Stafford) appearing to be the two chief contenders. Beat Cop (Dragon King) swept his eliminations impressively for trainer Crissy Crissman-Bier, who acquired the freshman after his round one elimination win and will fire from post six. Meanwhile, Papa Ray (Papa Ray) is coming off an elimination win and has the slight post edge, starting from post four. The race is 7^th on the 15-race program.

Pacing fillies will battle on the Tuesday program, also in the 7^th race, as Jo Ann Looney-King’s Curtsyforpurrseco (5/2, Tim Tetrick) will aim to atone for a miscue in her 2^nd elimination. A wide-open field awaits that also includes elimination winners Bella’s Dream (7/2, Pat Berry) for co-owner/trainer Steve Leblanc, Bob Shahan’s Jett Propelled (9/1, Art Stafford Jr.), Eddie Davis’ Nova’s Baby Girl (8/1, Davis), Bryan Truitt Jr.’s Slipinsidewayz (3/1, Victor Kirby) and Rodney Wyatt, Kevin Peck and Gerald Burbage’s Designs On You (7/1, Allan Davis). There are two daughters each of Badlands Hanover and Roddy’s Bags Again in the field.

Wednesday will feature a pair of trotting finals with the fillies going first in race 3. Track record holder Daburg (Pat Berry), who swept her eliminations, will square off with Glide Along (Cody Poliseno), who also won both of her eliminations.

A very competitive group will go post ward in the male trotting final in race 7, with no horse completing a sweep of their eliminations. Lg’s Bluestone (Stafford Jr.) was the fastest elimination winner (2:02.1) and drew post two for owners Nanticoke Racing et al., and is one of two Les Givens-trainees in the field, the other being LG’s Jaxon (Jim Morand), who drew post four off a 2:02.2 elimination win. Pam Wagner’s Ronnie Ridge (Kirby, post 6) and Deborah Warnick’s Royal Beep Beep (Allan Davis, post 7) each won their first elimination. First-crop stallion EL Platinum (6) has the most horses in the trotting finals, while Anders Bluestone (4), Rolls Blue Chip (2) and Yankee Royalty (2) are also well represented.

Also on the programs this week are $50,000 Open events. The Bobby Quillen Memorial is Monday, Kathleen Cain on Tuesday and Allen J. Cook Memorial Trot on Wednesday.

On the wagering front, an early pick four awaits in race 2 and late pick four in the last four races nightly.

Live racing will continue on a Monday through Wednesday schedule until October 18.

For complete Monday race entries, click here: US Trotting entries.

by Matt Sparacino, for Harrington Raceway